Slide loop



Aug. 21, 1945. s. H. ELWELL SLIDE LOOP Filed Nov. 18, 1943 Patented Aug.21, 1945 w A U T DQS This invention relates to slide loops,-the physicalcombination of aslide, adjustable upon a strap, and a button loopadapted to clip over a button carriedby a garment to be thereby:supported, the invention more particularly relating to the slide portionof :the device. i

It is old toprovide a pair of strap loops ina common plane and separatedby an intermediate bar into whichlloops twostraps together are threadedagainst accidental sliding movement thereon, but ithas'iequired theingenuity of invention to provide a similar form of slidefor a fixedthreaded relation thereof with a single strap. Such form, howeverghasbeen constructed and reduced to practice but, to obtain a bindingeffect, one of the pair of loops usually made of wire, is so constructedthat the strap passage is marginally reduced :to snuglyreceive the thickmarginal hems of the strap thus bound therein.

The invention about to be disclosed resides in such an improvement of apair of loops structure wherein the binding effect upon a single strapis acquired by means of the peculiar form and association of anintermediate bar to a wire loop structure of a slide loop of which thebinding element does not involve the marginal porvice; Figure 2 is asimilar view of the device 11- tangular opening l2, whichgwhen dividedby an intermediatebar, comprises a pair of loops l2 andl2' in a commonplane. The'numeral designates the intermediate bar of sheet-stock, ofmetal or plastic, having the looped hinged end 2| fora swingingengagement upon oneof the sides; 2 or 3,:of the wirestructure, as at 3,and a clasp 22 adapted to catch upon the oppositeside The lower edge 'ofthe intermediate folded edge :in close promixity to the spacedalignedvlower bar portions 4' and'5, and a central portion of the upperedge of said bar,'as at 24, is? also reinforced by means of a flangeprojecting forwardly into the opening l2during the closed position ofthe bar 20 and adapted to function as a strap binding element in closeoffset proximity to the upper horizontal bar I.

The intermediate bar 20, upon either side of the centrally flanged edge24, is recessed to provide the enlarged openings, as at 25 and 26, toadequately accommodate :the marginal thick hems S of a two-ply singlestrap S illustrated bythe Figure 5, the strap portions being relativelysecured, one to the other, by the stitching S", a

, central thin portion S4lying between the hems lustrating a rear viewof an openly swung intermediate bar; Figure 3 is a side elevation of thedevice illustrating a front view of an openly swung intermediate bar andoutline of a strap threaded into the device, but with a generousoutwardly looped extension thereof to admit the bar to swingtherethrou'gh to either closed or fully-opened position; Figure 4 is asimilar side elevation illustrating in outline a strap snugly engagedwithin the device; Figure 5 is a tragmentary face view of a strapillustrating the marginal hems in exaggerated perspective; and Figure 6is a perspective of a detail.

Attention being called more particularly to the accompanying drawing,the numeral I designates the upper horizontal bar of the wire structure;2 and 3 the side bars thereof; 4 and 5 the relative spaced horizontallyaligned portions of the lower bar structure, and 6 and l the resilientcompanion arms integrally depending from the said aligned portions toprovide a button-receiving loop 8 and a button-retaining loop 9, thewire terminals I0 and II being formed to receive a uniting clip (notillustrated), the upper portion of the wire structure providing thereo-For compact shipment, the relatively movable parts of the device aremaintained in closed position, as illustrated by the Figure 1. To mountthe device upon a single strap, however, the bar 20 is pulled openagainst the holding propensities of the clasp 22 and swung to a fullyopen,

position upon its hinged end 2|, as illustrated by the Figure ,2. Thelooped portion S of the strap S, as illustrated by the Figure 3, indotted edge outline, is passed from the rear of the device into the wirerectangular opening I2 a suflicient distance to permit the intermediatebar 20 to pass into and through the loop 3', to

its closed position illustrated by the Figures 1 and 4. The loopedportion S, of the strap S is then drawn into the device to the snugdotted position illustrated by the Figure 4. In such drawn-in position,the thick hems S of the strap S rest without additional bulging withinthe enlarged openings 25 and 26 and the intermediate thin portion S4 ofthe strap S engages over the flange 24 of the closed intermediate bar 20and under the upper horizontal bar I of the wire formation, thus bindingthe straps within the slide loop against accidental sliding of thedevice upon the strap S.

To readjust the device longitudinally of the thereon, the bar 20remaining in its closed position, the strap portion snugly looped overthe bar 20, is substantially lifted away from the bar 20 and the bindingflange element 24 so that the strap is thereby adapted to be adjustedabove and below the bar 20 before being drawn in again over the flangeelement 24.

While the clasp 22 is provided as a fastening element-for the free endof thebar 20, yet the same is unnecessary; for the dlosed 'bar 20 isadequately held in position by means of a threaded strap S within thedevice. The cutmetal edge 22 of the clasp 22 is adapted to 3139' fixedto the wine structure, .would :provide in.-

sufiicient space within and through which to thread a strap. Theswinging :of the bar :20 .out of the way of the rectangular opening .132lleaves that entire opening J12 fintowhich towns ,the looped straps.ltist-thisflcloser strap passage above and below the closed intermediatebar?!) that provides the tenacious-binding .et-

feet upon a single strap. A further advantage of the invention is thatit enables the mounting of the device upon a strap without firstinserting an end of the strap into threaded relation to the intermediatebar separating the strap passages; for the improved device may bemounted at the direct location upon the strap where it is d sired th ishall emain- A slide loop including a. substantially rectangular wireloop formation having an upper bar, slightly resilient side bars andlower bar pontions from which side arms of a button loop integrallydepend; a sheet-material intermediate barfof one fex tremity is movablycarried by one of side bars and adapted to engage the opposite side bar,ssaid intermediate bar aha-wing suflioient width to substantially occupythe interior of the wire looped formation; a flanged projection providedby the upper edge of the jintermediatebar and adapted to projectputward-ly from said rectan ular tormation; r

GEORGE 'iHEN-RY nLWELL. I

